fata morgana

Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑːtə mɔːˈɡɑːnə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑtə mɔɹˈɡɑnə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

fata morgana (plural fata morganas)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Fata Morgana.
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate, published 2010, page 290:

     On the other side of the electric fence, the fata morgana shimmers.

fata morgana f (plural fate morgane)

1. alternative spelling of fatamorgana

• fāta Mōrgāna

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fāta mōrgāna

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfaː.ta moːrˈɡaː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfaː.t̪a morˈɡaː.na]

fātā mōrgānā

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfaː.taː moːrˈɡaː.naː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfaː.t̪a morˈɡaː.na]

fāta mōrgāna f sg (genitive fātae mōrgānae); first declension

1. Fata Morgana

First-declension noun with a first-declension noun, singular only.

fata morgana f or (less common) m (uncountable)

1. alternative letter-case form of Fata Morgana